Welcome to LC Business: Running the Business Alive Investigative Study. This short course has six lessons of about 25 minutes. You know your business; this course is about running the study with a whole class, from the brief to the signed Authentication Form P.2.
In this first lesson you rate your confidence, see how the study runs this year, and study a class planner built back from the completion date. Then you note your class's next date. Your survey, reflections and plan across the six lessons compile into a downloadable Professional Learning Portfolio when you finish.
Before the presentation, rate your confidence on the five areas this course develops. There are no right answers. You will rate the same five statements at the end of the course, so you can compare each rating with your first.
Watch this presentation on the Business Alive Investigative Study as it runs now: the two assessment components, the 2027 brief, its topic and completion date, the stages and their hours, and planning back from the completion date.
Study this class planner, filled in for an invented sixth-year class working to the 2027 brief and planned back from the completion date. Read the notes on each choice.
Download the blank planner to use with your own class: Class planner (Word).
Use the planner you have just studied to start a plan for your own class. Download the blank template if you want the full planner beside you: Class planner (Word). On screen, answer one question. It saves to your Professional Learning Portfolio as My Class's Next Date.
In this lesson you set a confidence baseline and mapped how the study runs this year.
| Key idea | Why it matters for your teaching | Classroom application |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 brief: 200 marks, 40% of Leaving Certificate Business; a work practice that uses digital technology, and its impact on employers or employees | The coursework must be carried out and submitted to the class teacher by Friday 12 March 2027, and schools cannot extend that date | Put the date at the top of your class planner and plan back from it |
| Six stages, up to 20 hours | The guidelines give indicative times for each stage and for the compilation of the report; Stages 4 and 5 share 6-8 hours | Start your class at the stage they have reached, and keep time for the report |
| The report goes to the SEC | It is the only document submitted; the investigative folder and the project plan are not submitted | Our suggestion: fix check-in dates for each student, in the Class planner (Word) |
Next: Stage 1 and Stage 2, the guidelines' prompts, Appendix One's SMART questions and the investigative folder.
Enrol to take the whole course. Your work is saved as you go, and you get a certificate when you finish.